page_title: Boyan Petrov
hierarchical_section_title: Boyan Petrov
caption_attribution_description: Български: Българският зоолог и алпинист Боян Петров по време на представяне на книгата му „Първите седем“ в Голямата зала на Българска академия на науките, 6 февруари 2017 г. English: Bulgarian zoologist and mountaineer Boyan Petrov during the presentation of his book "Първите седем" (The first seven) in the Great Hall of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, February 6, 2017
context_page_description: Boyan Petrov was a Bulgarian zoologist and mountaineer. He worked at the National Museum of Natural History in Sofia.
  He had climbed 10 out of 14 eight-thousanders, all without supplementary oxygen. This made him the Bulgarian altitude climber with the highest number of successful ascents of peaks over 8000 meters. He was the first Bulgarian to climb four of those mountains - Gasherbrum I, Kangchenjunga, K2 and Manaslu.
  Petrov was declared missing on Shishapangma on 5 May 2018. The search for him was discontinued on 16 May. According to climbers, he may have fallen into a crevasse on the way to the top.
context_section_description: Boyan Petrov (Bulgarian: Боян Петров, 7 February 1973 – c. 5 May 2018) was a Bulgarian zoologist and mountaineer. He worked at the National Museum of Natural History in Sofia. 
  He had climbed 10 out of 14 eight-thousanders, all without supplementary oxygen. This made him the Bulgarian altitude climber with the highest number of successful ascents of peaks over 8000 meters. He was the first Bulgarian to climb four of those mountains - Gasherbrum I (2009), Kangchenjunga (2014), K2 (2014) and Manaslu (2015).
  Petrov was declared missing on Shishapangma on 5 May 2018. The search for him was discontinued  on 16 May. According to climbers, he may have fallen into a crevasse on the way to the top.
caption: Boyan Petrov, 2017
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